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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1581, 1643-1645, 1697
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Chizor(i)s, pl. Also: chisouris,chesouris[For cizoris, e.m.E. cizars, -ers.] Scissors. — 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX. 185 b.
Foure gros of chesouris, price of the gros iiij li. x s. 1643 Ib. LX. 270 b.
Fyve dossane of chisouris 1645 Ib. LXI. 152.
Certane small comodityes as … chizoris and rizores 1697 Foulis Acc. Bk. 211.
For a pair of chizors to Janet Cuningham
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